The Peace Garden
The Peace Garden is a garden in Colorado, at a modelled elevation of 1,880 m. Capitol Peak stands 4,309 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Friendship Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- White Hill: 0.6 mi
- Red Hill: 1.8 mi
- Holgate Mesa: 4.4 mi
- Williams Peak: 8.7 mi
- Sunlight Peak: 9.3 mi
- Friendship Park: 0.1 mi
- Sopris Park: 0.3 mi
- Colorado Meadows Park: 0.5 mi
- Hendrick Ranch Park: 0.5 mi
- Hendrick Dog Park: 0.6 mi
- Powers Art Center: 1.4 mi
- Frontier Historical Society Museum: 11.7 mi
- Redstone Museum: 15.2 mi
- New Castle Historical Museum: 21.0 mi
- Marble Museum: 22.8 mi
- Penny Hot Springs: 11.7 mi
- Yampah Source Spring: 11.9 mi
- Sacred Waters: 11.9 mi
- Sacred Waters: 11.9 mi
- Glenwood Hot Springs Grand Pool: 11.9 mi
- The Slides: 12.2 mi
- Seven Castles: 13.3 mi
- Windy Point: 16.1 mi
- East Face: 23.4 mi
- Lower Buttressess: 23.4 mi
- Pope Saint John Paul II: 11.0 mi
- Kid Curry Grave: 11.2 mi
- Doc Holliday Grave: 11.3 mi
- Redstone Coke Oven Historic District: 15.3 mi
- Crystal Mill: 24.3 mi
- North Mesa: 19.2 mi
- Sky Mountain Park: 20.1 mi
- Moore Open Space: 24.1 mi
- Marolt Open Space: 24.6 mi
- Grizzly Creek: 11.2 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: No Name: 11.8 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Hanging Lake: 13.0 mi
- Breathtaker: 20.8 mi
- Crystal River Jeep Tours: 22.8 mi
- Maze: 24.9 mi
- Cocktail Spring: 11.9 mi
- Broken Rib Spring: 19.2 mi
- Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Hayes Creek Falls: 16.9 mi
- Chromatic Gate: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of The Peace Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Peak | SSE 159° | 4,309 m | 18.6 mi |
| Snowmass Mountain | SSE 159° | 4,297.3 m | 21.0 mi |
| Hagerman Peak | SSE 158° | 4,211 m | 21.5 mi |
| Clark Peak | SSE 155° | 4,137 m | 18.9 mi |
| Snowmass Peak | SSE 158° | 4,102 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Daly | SSE 155° | 4,053 m | 17.5 mi |
| Willoughby Mountain | SSE 147° | 4,004 m | 21.2 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | SE 143° | 3,997 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:07 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 32 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 52 | 38 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shoshone, 12 mi away.
- Oregon Paradise Spider8 obs
- Kingcup Cactus8 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake6 obs
- Scarlet Gilia6 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush6 obs
- Plains Pricklypear6 obs
- Sassacus papenhoei6 obs
- hound's-tongue5 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1172406511
Day trips start here
- Aspen · 25 mi
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